Monthly Archives: July 2013
ANA Supports Federal Bill to Eliminate Manual Patient Handling
Living and Working as a Nurse in Little Rock
The capital and the largest city in Arkansas, Little Rock is home to some of great Southern hospitals. Some of the best nursing jobs in Little Rock can be found at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and St. Vincent Infirmary, which are all well-rated by US News and World Report, and have high-ranking specialties. Many Little Rock nursing jobs are in hospitals located on Interstates 630 and 30, including the Baptist Health Rehab Institute and the Southwest Regional Medical Center.
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NURSE TALK RADIO: Beware of Electronic Medical Records
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By Pattie Lockard
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RNs DeAnn McEwen and Michelle Mahon Speakout
Nurse Talk July 3, 2013
DeAnn McEwen, RN
RNs DeAnn McEwen and Michelle Mahon tell it like it is. EMR, or Electronic Medical Records, systems are rolling out “live” in hospitals across the country. BUT WAIT! Were nurses at the table when these systems were designed and then implemented? Did these hospitals insure the safety of each patient by making sure nurses were trained and staffing was adequate? Unfortunately the answer to all of these questions is NO. This is a must listen to podcast and just the “tip of the iceberg.”
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News from The Recorder: Hospital [BFMC] faces labor complaint in contract talks
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The Republican’s Coverage of BFMC/NLRB news
Unionized nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center have accused their employer of not sharing data to back up its negotiating position and of admonishing nurs…
Fed Issues Complaint Against BFMC for Illegal Attempt to Silence RNs and for Their Refusal to Provide Required Info Regarding Its Proposal to Increase Overtime
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency with oversight of the laws governing collective bargaining and worker’s rights, has issued a…
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MNA NewsScan, July 8, 2013: Hospital error rate “appalling;” Is 68 the new 65?
HEALTH CARE NEWS
How Consistent Hospital Error is Having a Deadly Effect on the Health Care System ”Medical harm is probably one of the three leading causes of death in the U.S., but the government doesn’t adequately track it as it does deaths from automobiles, plane crashes, and cancer. It’s appalling,” he told the magazine.
The 9 Things You MUST Check Before Choosing a Hospital 7. Check the Nurse-to-Patient Ratio – Ideally, a nurse should have only four to six patients under his or her care at a time (and less if it’s critical or intensive care).
N.Y. Hospital Nearly Harvested Organs from Living Woman Records the newspaper obtained under state freedom of information laws document a series of missteps, including doctors ignoring nurses’ observations that Burns was responding to stimuli and trying to breathe on her own. The surgery was called off when she opened her eyes in the operating room.
NOTES ON NURSING
U.K. Nurses To Be Asked to Work Until Age 68 More than 200,000 nurses are set to retire in the next few years but Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt hopes many will keep working.
LABOR UPDATES
The Roberts Court on Labor Rights. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid Carmon reports that while appeals court judges reverse employer wins at a rate of 9 percent, they reverse employee wins by a whopping 41 percent.
PSNA Call for Abstracts
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) and the PSNA Environmental Health Committee have issued a Call for Abstracts for the 2013 Annual Fall Summit to be held October 18, 2013, at The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Malvern. Interested poster participants are encouraged to submit an abstract following the prescribed guidelines. No more than two (2) posters may be submitted by the same individual.
Embracing an ecocentric viewpoint has exhilarating potential for transforming nursing beyond its traditional boundaries. We live in a global culture united by economic interdependence, international air travel and worldwide communication networks. Contemporary environmental degradation and disasters have moved into the global arena. Realizing an ecocentric paradigm in nursing will encourage nurses to address worldwide environmental problems that affect the health of everything that exists. As a complement to this year’s theme, “Sustaining Healthy Future: Ecocentric Nursing in a Local and Global Environment,” PSNA is accepting poster abstract submissions utilizing research and evidence to support changes in the health care delivery system to our patients, including programs developed to promote sustainability and promote health in our local and global environments.
It is imperative to identify methods to sustain the world we live in and to identify methods that will promote healthy environments in our work and home environments that transcend traditional boundaries to explore new solutions for our environment. PSNA desires to recognize those who have contributed to quality patient care using best practice methods based on evidence-based practice and research that has led to effective care changes resulting in improved patient care and improved home and work environments in Pennsylvania and beyond. The poster abstract must describe work that has been completed or is near completion and processes that have been fully implemented with demonstration of their effects.
Click here to access submission criteria. Submission deadline is August 16, 2013.
Abstracts can be e-mailed to Patti Gates Smith at psmith@panurses.org. Abstracts are selected by members of the Cabinet on Nursing Practice and Professional Development. Notice of abstract review results will be mailed no later than September 9, 2013. For more information, contact PSNA Director of Professional Development, Patti Gates Smith, MSN, RNC-E, at 717-798-9975.